Aminoalkylenephosphonic acids and salts thereof and their use in aqueous systems

Abstract

Aminoalkylenephosphonic acids and their alkali metal salts prepared by a reaction utilizing a primary or secondary tetrahydrothiophenamine 1,1-dioxide or the hydrochloride thereof, an aldehyde or a ketone, and orthophosphorous acid are useful in the control of scale and sludge deposition in aqueous systems. When used in combination with known corrosion inhibitors they show synergistic results in inhibiting corrosion of metal surfaces in contact with an aqueous system that is normally corrosive to such metals.

The invention having thus been described, what is claimed and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is: 
     
       1. A process for inhibiting the deposition of scale and sludge on heat transfer surfaces of cooling water systems and boilers which comprises adding to said systems an aminoalkylenephosphonic acid or an alkali metal salt in an amount sufficient to inhibit the deposition of scale and sludge on said surfaces thereof having the formula: ##STR9## wherein R is hydrogen or ##STR10## R 1  is hydrogen or ##STR11## R 2  is an alkyl group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms, 2-hydroxyethyl, 2-hydroxypropyl, 3-chloro-2-hydroxypropyl, ##STR12## R 3  and R 4   may be the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and an alkyl group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms; n is 1 or 2; M is hydrogen or an alkali metal; with the proviso that when R is ##STR13## and with the further proviso that R 1  is hydrogen only when R 2  is ##STR14## 
     
     
       2. The process of claim 1 in which the aminoalkylenephosphonic acid is tetrahydro-N,N-bis(phosphonomethyl)-3-thiophenamine 1,1-dioxide. 
     
     
       3. The process of claim 1 in which the aminoalkylenephosphonic acid is tetrahydro-N-methyl-N-(phosphonomethyl)-3-thiophenamine 1,1-dioxide. 
     
     
       4. The process of claim 1 in which the aminoalkylenephosphonic acid is N-ethyltetrahydro-N-(phosphonomethyl)-3-thiophenamine 1,1-dioxide. 
     
     
       5. The process of claim 1 in which the aminoalkylenephosphonic acid is tetrahydro-N-(phosphonomethyl)-N-propyl-3-thiophenamine 1,1-dioxide. 
     
     
       6. The process of claim 1 in which the aminoalkylenephosphonic acid is tetrahydro-N-iospropyl-N-(phosphonomethyl)-3-thiophenamine 1,1-dioxide. 
     
     
       7. The process of claim 1 in which the aminoalkylenephosphonic acid is N-n-butyltetrahydro-N-(phosphonomethyl)-3-thiophenamine 1,1-dioxide. 
     
     
       8. The process of claim 1 in which the aminoalkylenephosphonic acid is N-sec-butyltetrahydro-N-(phosphonomethyl)-3-thiophenamine 1,1-dioxide. 
     
     
       9. The process of claim 1 in which the aminoalkylenephosphonic acid is N-isobutyltetrahydro-N-(phosphonomethyl)-3-thiophenamine 1,1-dioxide. 
     
     
       10. The process of claim 1 in which the aminoalkylenephosphonic acid is N-tert-butyltetrahydro-N-(phosphonomethyl)-3-thiophenamine 1,1-dioxide. 
     
     
       11. The process of claim 1 in which the aminoalkylenephosphonic acid is tetrahydro-N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-N-(phosphonomethyl)-3-thiophenamine 1,1-dioxide. 
     
     
       12. The process of claim 1 in which the aminoalkylenephosphonic acid is tetrahydro-N-(2-hydroxypropyl)-N-(phosphonomethyl)-3-thiophenamine 1,1-dioxide. 
     
     
       13. The process of claim 1 in which the aminoalkylenephosphonic acid is N-(3-chloro-2-hydroxypropy)tetrahydro-N-(phosphonomethyl)-3-thiophenamine 1,1-dioxide. 
     
     
       14. The process of claim 1 in which the aminoalkylenephosphonic acid is N,N'-methylenebis[tetrahydro-N-(phosphonomethyl)-3-thiophenamine]1,1,1',1'-tetraoxide. 
     
     
       15. The process of claim 1 in which the aminoalkylenephosphonic acid is N,N'-ethylenebis[tetrahydro-N-(phosphonemethyl)-3-thiophenamine]1,1,1',1'-tetraoxide. 
     
     
       16. The process of claim 1 in which the aminoalkylenephosphonic acid is 3-hydrazinotetrahydro-N,N-bis(phosphonomethyl)thiophene 1,1-dioxide. 
     
     
       17. The process of claim 1 in which the aminoalkylenephosphonic acid is tetrahydro-N,N,N',N'-tetrakis(phosphonomethyl)-3,4-thiophenediamine 1,1-dioxide.